All Sporting Goods Intelligence articles in Volume 28, Issue 20-21 – Page 2
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Speedo has signed an endorsement contract with Ryan Murphy, a...
Speedo has signed an endorsement contract with Ryan Murphy, a 22-year-old Canadian swimming champion who was the first to win three Olympic gold medal in the same summer games last year. Speedo has also extended its contract with Mireia Belmonte, the Spanish swimmer.
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Nike has signed a long-term sponsorship contract with a major...
Nike has signed a long-term sponsorship contract with a major French rugby club, Stade Toulousain, starting with the 2017/18 season. The Swoosh had been its technical sponsor until BLK took over the contract three years ago. The club looked for a new sponsor after the Australian brand ran into financial ...
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Nike and Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed a multi-year partnership, starting...
Nike and Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed a multi-year partnership, starting from the upcoming football season and taking over from Under Armour. The agreement between Nike and the Premier League club from North London had been anticipated in British newspapers for several months, and it was estimated at £25 million to ...
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Groupe Rossignol presented this week its first collection of racquets...
Groupe Rossignol presented this week its first collection of racquets for paddle tennis. They will be manufactured at its Spanish ski factory at Artés and distributed not only on the Spanish market, where the practice of this type of racquet sport is quite widespread, but also in the rest of ...
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Powakaddy is launching what it claims to be the world's...
Powakaddy is launching what it claims to be the world's first electric golf trolley with fully integrated GPS technology. A British competitor, Motocaddy, has upgraded its free GPS app in preparation for the launch of a new electric trolley, the S5 Connect, which can be connected to the GPS via ...
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Champion Europe is reportedly set to open the first Champion...
Champion Europe is reportedly set to open the first Champion USA store in the Soho district of London
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Jan-Elof Cavander, senior vice president of Rapala VMC in charge...
Jan-Elof Cavander, senior vice president of Rapala VMC in charge of treasury, finance, corporate planning and IT, has been appointed as chief financial officer of the Finnish-based company and a member of its executive committee
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Kamik markets Canadian-made shoes
Kamik has started to adjust its marketing material to put more emphasis on its Canadian identity and production. The adjustment, which is part of an effort to widen the brand's appeal in Europe, will become more apparent next year.The move comes after the appointment of Cristiana Bija in the newly-created ...
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Canada Goose has opened its fifth factory, the first one...
Canada Goose has opened its fifth factory, the first one in Quebec, as part of its commitment to Canadian manufacturing. The 95,000-square-foot facility, which is located in Boisbriand, has already created more than 125 jobs and is expected to create 325 more by the end of 2018. The company has ...
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Puma is reorganizing the distribution of its products in Canada....
Puma is reorganizing the distribution of its products in Canada. Its national head office is being moved from Montreal to Toronto, but the company will retain a showroom in Montreal. Some back-office functions will be moved to its North American headquarters in the U.S. The logistics will be outsourced to ...
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Creating a buzz in the younger communities, Louis Vuitton has...
Creating a buzz in the younger communities, Louis Vuitton has started an interesting collaboration with Supreme, the New York-based streetwear label, giving it visibility through the social networks. The products will be briefly available at pop-up stores in Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, London, Miami and Los Angeles. Their addresses are given ...
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Nike outlines new digital business plans
Nike surpassed $2 billion in sales from its online store and its apps in the fiscal year to the end of May. Continued investments in digital development were at the center of the projects discussed by the group in an unusually insightful conference call around its quarterly results at the ...
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Go Sport has launched a new private brand of clothing,...
Go Sport has launched a new private brand of clothing, skateboards and accessory items for urban action sports, called Up2Glide
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Uvex has obtained for the second time the German Brand...
Uvex has obtained for the second time the German Brand Award in Gold for excellence in brand strategy, management, creation and employer branding
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Shimano, Zebco and Preston Innovations, a British fishing tackle brand...
Shimano, Zebco and Preston Innovations, a British fishing tackle brand acquired by Zebco three years ago, have decided not to participate in the next Efttex trade show, which will take place next year in Amsterdam
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Cambodian workers in garment factories supplying some of the biggest...
Cambodian workers in garment factories supplying some of the biggest sportswear brands in the world suffer from repeated fainting due to poor work conditions. According to the investigation carried out by The Observer in collaboration with Danwatch, a Danish investigative media group, more than 500 female workers in four Cambodian ...
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Bernd Mayer, international sales manager at Leki, has left at...
Bernd Mayer, international sales manager at Leki, has left at his own request after 30 years with the German supplier of poles. Mayer was responsible for Leki's sales in Asia and Eastern Europe. Leki aims to focus more intensely on North America, Asia and Scandinavia in the near future. Michael ...
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German buyers dominate at a quiet Berlin Fashion Week
An increased number of trade shows were organized during the Berlin Fashion Week that took place from July 4-6, including a couple of children's wear shows, but only some of them dealt with sports brands. Visitor figures were not published. They were more than 200,000 at the winter edition of ...
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Nate Smith is leaving Oakley to become president of the...
Nate Smith is leaving Oakley to become president of the Americas region at Boardriders, the former Quiksilver group, which owns the Quiksilver, Roxy and DC Shoes brands. He takes over from Greg Healy, who will return to Australia to lead the group's business in Asia-Pacific. Healy had moved to California ...
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Nike beats forecasts with strong international sales
Robust international demand enabled the Nike group to beat its anticipated performance in the three months until the end of May, with sharp gains in sportswear and own retail sales.The Nike group raised its turnover by 5 percent to $8,677 million for the three months, which represent the final quarter ...
